Rio Grande Beef Burritos

Rio Grande Beef Burritos


1. Preheat oven to 450°F.

2. Grease 9-inch square baking pan.

3. Rub both sides of steak with garlic and cumin, then with 1 1/2 teaspoons oil and lime juice. Let stand while preparing peppers.

4. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy medium skillet over medium-high heat.

5. Add onion and cook until beginning to brown, stirring frequently, about 6 minutes.

6. Add chiles and peppers and stir until heated through.

7. Add cream, then 3/4 cup cheese and stir until mixture thickens, about 1 minute.

8. Add oregano. Season with salt and pepper.

9. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy large skillet over high heat.

10. Season steak with salt and pepper. Cook until brown, about 1 1/2 minutes per side for very rare.

11. Transfer to work surface. Halve across width, then cut against grain into thin slices.

12. Hold 1 tortilla over gas burner on low or place on electric burner on low until heated through, about 15 seconds per side. Place tortilla on work surface. Spoon 1/4 cup pepper mixture down center of tortilla. Top with 1/4 of meat. Roll up tortilla, enclosing filling.

13. Arrange in baking pan, seam side down. Repeat with remaining tortillas, 3/4 cup pepper mixture, and remaining meat.

14. Spoon remaining pepper mixture over tortillas.

15. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup cheese.

16. Bake uncovered until cheese melts, 5 to 10 minutes.

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